CADS 1600 AUBURN UNIVERSITY EXAM
1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
Common names for our industry? - ANS Textile Industry
Fashion Industry
Apparel Industry
Garment Industry
Retail
What jobs and items are included in the Textile industry? - ANS Jobs:
Wholesale reps who sell fabrics and findings to apparel producers
Items:
Fibers, yarns, fabric,
Findings (zippers, buttons, interfacings)
Converters - dye, print, finish fabrics
What jobs and items are included in the Apparel industry? - ANS - Apparel designers
- Apparel manufacturers -cut and sew fabric clothing
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,- Apparel wholesale reps who sell to retailers
- Apparel retailers (department stores, specialty stores, boutiques, chain stores, discount stores,
catalog, factory outlets, internet retailers)
What are the 4 natural fibers we went over? - ANS Cotton
Wool
Flax (Linen)
Silk
Tariff - ANS a tax on imported goods
(Ex. From England)
Import - ANS goods purchased from other countries
Export - ANS goods sold to other countries
Embargo & Example - ANS Prohibition on exports or imports
Example: cigars from Cuba
Who brought the plans of the cotton mill to America? - ANS 1789: Samuel Slater brought the
cotton mill plans to America
What is the difference between spinning and weaving? - ANS making yarn vs. using yarn to
make fabric
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, ________: the process of converting fibers into yarn
________: the process of interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right
angle to them. (taking yarn and making fabric)
What is the Power loom and what advancement did it bring? - ANS machine that weaves the
spun yarns into fabric (originally water powered)
______ ______ ----> Vertical Intergration
all processes being completed under one roof (spinning---> finished cloth)
Bilateral trade agreement - ANS trade agreements between 2 countries
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - ANS Refers to business practices that contribute
positively to society
What is a cotton gin and what does it do? Who invented it? - ANS engine that cleans the
cotton
- Patented by Eli Whitney
Issac Singer patents sewing machine for what? - ANS Patented for factory use
Ready-to-wear (RTW)-definition - ANS clothing made for the general market and sold through
stores rather than made to order for an individual customer
RTW developed for who first? Why? Developed Last? - ANS Developed for men first because
sizing standards more common and it was less complicated than women or children clothing.
Womens RTW was developed last.
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1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
Common names for our industry? - ANS Textile Industry
Fashion Industry
Apparel Industry
Garment Industry
Retail
What jobs and items are included in the Textile industry? - ANS Jobs:
Wholesale reps who sell fabrics and findings to apparel producers
Items:
Fibers, yarns, fabric,
Findings (zippers, buttons, interfacings)
Converters - dye, print, finish fabrics
What jobs and items are included in the Apparel industry? - ANS - Apparel designers
- Apparel manufacturers -cut and sew fabric clothing
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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,- Apparel wholesale reps who sell to retailers
- Apparel retailers (department stores, specialty stores, boutiques, chain stores, discount stores,
catalog, factory outlets, internet retailers)
What are the 4 natural fibers we went over? - ANS Cotton
Wool
Flax (Linen)
Silk
Tariff - ANS a tax on imported goods
(Ex. From England)
Import - ANS goods purchased from other countries
Export - ANS goods sold to other countries
Embargo & Example - ANS Prohibition on exports or imports
Example: cigars from Cuba
Who brought the plans of the cotton mill to America? - ANS 1789: Samuel Slater brought the
cotton mill plans to America
What is the difference between spinning and weaving? - ANS making yarn vs. using yarn to
make fabric
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, ________: the process of converting fibers into yarn
________: the process of interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right
angle to them. (taking yarn and making fabric)
What is the Power loom and what advancement did it bring? - ANS machine that weaves the
spun yarns into fabric (originally water powered)
______ ______ ----> Vertical Intergration
all processes being completed under one roof (spinning---> finished cloth)
Bilateral trade agreement - ANS trade agreements between 2 countries
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - ANS Refers to business practices that contribute
positively to society
What is a cotton gin and what does it do? Who invented it? - ANS engine that cleans the
cotton
- Patented by Eli Whitney
Issac Singer patents sewing machine for what? - ANS Patented for factory use
Ready-to-wear (RTW)-definition - ANS clothing made for the general market and sold through
stores rather than made to order for an individual customer
RTW developed for who first? Why? Developed Last? - ANS Developed for men first because
sizing standards more common and it was less complicated than women or children clothing.
Womens RTW was developed last.
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